In the capsule biography by which most of the people knew one another, I was understood to be an Air Force pilot whose family was ...wealthy and lived in the East, and I even added the detail that I had a broken marriage and drank to get over it.... I sometimes believed what I said and tried to take the cure in the very real sun of Desert D'Or with its cactus, its mountain, and the bright green foliage of its love and its money.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

I remember when I was first assigned to jets. I said to the colonel, "Colonel, I joined this man's air force to fly an airplane. B...ut nobody's gonna hitch me to no Roman candle."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

I recently learned something quite interesting about video games. Many young people have developed incredible hand, eye, and brain... coordination in playing these games. The air force believes these kids will be our outstanding pilots should they fly our jets.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

The way I see it, God gave me the body, so I intend to use it. It's a big ego trip.... You know, you look around a bar, you pick o...ut a guy and you say, that's the one: I'm going to take all of his money tonight.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings ......And while with silent lifting mind I've trodThe high, untrespassed sanctity of space,Put out my hand and touched the face of God.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

crew member [offscreen]: That's an awful big town San Francisco.Weinberg: Strictly a one-whistle stop. There's only one city... in the USA and that's New York.Chief Sergeant: Oh, you're just another hometown hick, Weinberg. What's wrong with California?Weinberg: California. The sun shines and nothing happens. Before you know it, you're sixty years old.Chief Sergeant: It's no different from New York. My sister's been tryin' to get out of Brooklyn for the last forty years.Weinberg: Brooklyn. That ain't New York, Chief. Once you cross that Brooklyn Bridge, you're out of this world. The only noise you hear is the hardening of your arteries. You know when I used to drive a hack, I had a pal who crossed that bridge back in 1929 and ain't never heard from him since.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

Well gentlemen, this is it. This is what we've been waiting for. Tonight your target is Tokyo. And you're gonna play 'em the Star ...Spangled Banner with two-ton bombs. All you've got to do is to remember what you've learned and follow your squadron leaders. They'll get you in, and they'll get you out. Any questions? All right that's all. Good luck to you. Give 'em hell.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »